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Lauren Halsey to create outdoor sculpture park in South Central, Los Angeles
In addition to the temporary sculpture park, Halsey will open a community centre in 2026 through her non-profit Summaeverythang
Stolen, century-old train-shaped weathervane returned to authorities in Vermont
The 114-year-old iron sculpture of a steam locomotive was stolen from the roof of a train station in 1983
Dispute over a potentially Nazi-looted Egon Schiele goes to trial in New York
Heirs of multiple Holocaust victims have made claims to the drawing, which a member of the Lehman Brothers banking dynasty bought as a gift for his son
DeviantArt and Midjourney deny wrongdoing in copyright infringement lawsuit over in AI image generators
Two giants of the image generation industry rejected copyright infringement claims from artists who allege their work was used to train an AI tool
Students arrested at School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Fashion Institute of Technology amid crackdown on Palestinian solidarity encampments
Police arrested 68 people at the Art Institute of Chicago on Saturday and around 50 protesters at FIT on Tuesday
US authorities return antiquities linked with notorious smuggling ring to Egypt
The Egyptian items repatriated by the Manhattan District Attorney's office this week, collectively valued at $1.4m, include a wood coffin face and a royal alabaster vase
The New Art Dealers Alliance fair returns to New York’s Chelsea with off-the-wall works
The fair’s tenth edition features a critical mass of unusually arranged sculptures.
The female form takes many shapes at Future Fair
The Frieze New York satellite fair features an array of largely light-hearted works displaying melted, jumbled and disembodied limbs
Venus Williams to host new podcast for Carnegie Museum of Art
The tennis legend's audio venture will coincide with a photography exhibition exploring the relationship between artistry and landscape
‘The experience of giving birth is so abstract and intense’: Loie Hollowell on the challenge of painting pregnancy
The artist’s survey at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum tracks the formal language she developed to depict an essential process in life—one that, historically, has been rarely depicted
Jewish history museum in Philadelphia would become part of Smithsonian under proposed legislation
A new bill could create a commission to assess the feasibility of adding the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian family
FBI returns 22 looted artefacts to Japan
A haul of historic objects looted following the Battle of Okinawa make their way home after almost 80 years
Denver Art Museum to return 11 artefacts connected to smuggler Douglas Latchford
The repatriations to Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia come as the museum continues to distance itself from Latchford and his late collaborator Emma C. Bunker
Curator Naomi Beckwith awarded the $50,000 David C. Driskell Prize
The Guggenheim curator is being recognised for her outstanding contribution to the field of African American art
Frida Kahlo Corporation files trademark suit against Amazon sellers
The company that owns the anti-capitalist artist's image is embroiled in yet another legal tussle over representation
Laurene Powell Jobs's non-profit buys San Francisco Art Institute and its $50m Diego Rivera mural
After years of financial problems, the troubled institution will enter its next chapter with help from the Apple dynasty
Jeffrey Gibson and Jennie C. Jones will transform the Metropolitan Museum's outdoor spaces in 2025
The artists' forthcoming façade and rooftop installations at the museum will explore the intersections of identity and art history
Rita McBride: ‘I can draw through space, and it’s infinite’
The artist’s installation at the Hammer Museum dissolves space and time with laser beams and a uniquely science-fiction-flecked optimism
'Good night, moon lander': SpaceX lunar craft carrying 125 Jeff Koons sculptures expected to lose power
The tipped-over lander will soon lose contact with engineers on earth
Art Institute of Chicago accused of holding onto Nazi-looted Egon Schiele
The museum insists that heirs to the original collector waited too long to file their claim for the valuable work on paper
13 shows to see in and around Los Angeles during Frieze
From important shows of Korean and Japanese contemporary art, to major surveys of Paul Pfeiffer and Joan Brown, and more
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs announces $52.2m in grants to more than 1,000 organisations
The Cultural Development Fund distributed grants to 76% of eligible applicants throughout the city's five boroughs
Washington state's Bellevue Arts Museum faces 'dire' financial straits
The institution may be forced to close its doors if it doesn't raise the requisite funds, says its permanent director less than a week into her new role
Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, Zendaya and Chris Hemsworth to co-chair 2024 Met Gala
The annual benefit gala's theme for this year is "The Garden of Time"; as usual, Vogue editor Anna Wintour will chair the event
Cave paintings in Patagonia discovered to be oldest rock art in South America
Radiocarbon dating by archaeologists has revealed that wall motifs in a cave in southern Argentina are over 8,000 years old
In open letter, MoMA employees urge institution's leaders to call for 'unconditional ceasefire' in Gaza
The statement has been signed by more than 30 museum employees
Cleveland's Front triennial cancels 2025 edition and shuts down
The recurring exhibition, which sought to make Northeast Ohio an arts destination, is ceasing operations after two iterations
Protester charged for defacing African American Civil War memorial at US National Gallery of Art
A climate activist with the group Declare Emergency has been taken into custody over a paint-smearing incident at the museum last year
New filing in Frankenthaler Foundation lawsuit alleges 'pay-to-play' scheme
Frankenthaler's nephew has accused the foundation, which terminated his board position last spring, of "extensive self-dealing"
Cambodian government takes over management of three Angkor archaeological sites from World Monuments Fund
The announcement coincides with the 35th anniversary of WMF's efforts at the archaeological park and a new phase of conservation at Phnom Bakheng